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(Some Guy)   There are a lot of good reasons to get an Apple Watch: to track your workouts, to check your heart rate, to get your messages, to alert the authorities after your husband has buried you alive...wait, back up one   (imore.com) divider line
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    More: Scary, Apple Inc., Apple Watch, Oliver Haslam, life of a Seattle woman, Macintosh, graphics card, 53-year-old Chae Kyong An, NBC News  
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4481 clicks; posted to Main » on 01 Nov 2022 at 8:04 PM (20 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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TommyDeuce [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-11-01 6:31:49 PM  
You can get messages on one?
 
Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-11-01 7:49:07 PM  

TommyDeuce: You can get messages on one?


Yes.
 
Subtonic
2022-11-01 8:05:48 PM  
Happens so often...
 
MrHormel [OhFark]
2022-11-01 8:06:35 PM  
What are these massages you speak of?
 
buntz
2022-11-01 8:07:57 PM  
So she called for help, he smashed the watch, and then he buried her.
 
Some Junkie Cosmonaut
2022-11-01 8:11:14 PM  

buntz: So she called for help, he smashed the watch, and then he buried her.


You're still alive at the end of that show, yeah you need to be glad you had the watch
 
Fursecution [BareFark]
2022-11-01 8:14:15 PM  

Ivo Shandor: TommyDeuce: You can get messages on one?

Yes.


Phone calls too. This is like Dick Tracy shiat.
 
big pig peaches
2022-11-01 8:14:29 PM  
Backup one? Checking heart rate isn't that unusual these days.
 
Bslim [TotalFark]
2022-11-01 8:15:20 PM  
That's an ad.
 
kb7rky
2022-11-01 8:15:29 PM  
That was an ad
 
kb7rky
2022-11-01 8:15:44 PM  

Bslim: That's an ad.


SIMULPOST!
 
Bslim [TotalFark]
2022-11-01 8:16:18 PM  

kb7rky: Bslim: That's an ad.

SIMULPOST!


😂😂
 
nitropissering
2022-11-01 8:19:27 PM  
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maxandgrinch [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-11-01 8:20:38 PM  
That was the feature I was waiting for before buying one.

Google sells them right?
 
foo monkey
2022-11-01 8:22:06 PM  
Rookie mistake. You gotta check the body for electronics and line the box like a Faraday cage during transport and burial. Dirt alone won't do it these days.  Cell coverage is everywhere and these devices get incredible reception.
 
awruk! [OhFark]
2022-11-01 8:23:26 PM  
"She was found with "duct tape still wrapped around her neck, lower face, and ankles" after managing to escape. "

Ummm... what? Was she buried under 3 inches of dirt or something? Or was she about to be buried?

I mean great she is alive, and that the gadget helped, but it feels like the "writer" wanted to add a bit more drama then necessary.
 
Scorpitron is reduced to a thin red paste
2022-11-01 8:25:41 PM  
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Obscure?
 
kbronsito
2022-11-01 8:27:13 PM  
Maybe the Chinese laborers currently being held hostage at the factory that assembles these should try using one to call for help???
 
LordOfThePings [OhFark]
2022-11-01 8:29:36 PM  
Marooned for eternity in the center of a dead planet... buried alive

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Kumana Wanalaia
2022-11-01 8:30:29 PM  
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"I've done far worse than kill you. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me. As you left her. Marooned for all eternity at the center of a dead planet. Buried alive... buried alive."
 
cryinoutloud [BareFark]
2022-11-01 8:30:49 PM  
If the machines let us die, they won't have anyone to keep them alive.
 
Kumana Wanalaia
2022-11-01 8:31:16 PM  

LordOfThePings: Marooned for eternity in the center of a dead planet... buried alive

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Why you little...!
 
chitownmike
2022-11-01 8:31:32 PM  

foo monkey: Rookie mistake. You gotta check the body for electronics and line the box like a Faraday cage during transport and burial. Dirt alone won't do it these days.  Cell coverage is everywhere and these devices get incredible reception.


You should also be cutting off the hands to avoid fingerprint ID so if he were doing it right he would have found the watch and been able to attach it to a migrating bird to throw the cops off
 
valkore
2022-11-01 8:31:58 PM  
Took place in Lacey, WA which is a suburb of Olympia (the capital) but article references Seattle. Weird. Kinda like Olympia.
 
abhorrent1
2022-11-01 8:33:17 PM  
TFA says nothing about her being buried alive. It says she was tied up but was able to escape.
 
Salmon
2022-11-01 8:33:54 PM  

foo monkey: Rookie mistake. You gotta check the body for electronics and line the box like a Faraday cage during transport and burial. Dirt alone won't do it these days.  Cell coverage is everywhere and these devices get incredible reception.


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LordOfThePings [OhFark]
2022-11-01 8:34:37 PM  

Kumana Wanalaia: Why you little...!


I weigh 172, but thank you.
 
Biledriver
2022-11-01 8:39:04 PM  
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thornhill
2022-11-01 8:51:17 PM  
Your move, Samsung.
 
mononymous [TotalFark]
2022-11-01 8:52:02 PM  
This happens more often than you might think, but often goes unreported.  Same thing happened to my ex-wife...allegedly.
 
nytmare
2022-11-01 8:59:26 PM  

abhorrent1: TFA says nothing about her being buried alive. It says she was tied up but was able to escape.


TFA is shiat.

Here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/lacey-woman-escaped-estranged-husband/281-954cdfbf-4a0a-4a0e-a344-b818920d7d18

She used the watch initially to send out an emergency notification after being tied up. But then she was driven into the woods and had dirt shoveled on her. Eventually she untied herself and got out of the shallow hole and walked to the nearest house.

The watch had a small role but she escaped on her own; it did not save her.
 
mikalmd
2022-11-01 9:00:32 PM  
Wow , That's horrible .. So , Is she single ??
 
valkore
2022-11-01 9:01:19 PM  

nytmare: abhorrent1: TFA says nothing about her being buried alive. It says she was tied up but was able to escape.

TFA is shiat.

Here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/lacey-woman-escaped-estranged-husband/281-954cdfbf-4a0a-4a0e-a344-b818920d7d18

She used the watch initially to send out an emergency notification after being tied up. But then she was driven into the woods and had dirt shoveled on her. Eventually she untied herself and got out of the shallow hole and walked to the nearest house.

The watch had a small role but she escaped on her own; it did not save her.


No, it did. The spirit of Steve Jobs himself descended upon her shallow grave and lifted her out.
 
moothemagiccow
2022-11-01 9:01:40 PM  
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only taken about 40 years for apple to turn into big brother
 
morg
2022-11-01 9:01:45 PM  

buntz: So she called for help, he smashed the watch, and then he buried her.


Don't get distracted by the story, concentrate on the cool features of the Apple watch like the author did.
 
morg
2022-11-01 9:03:27 PM  

nytmare: abhorrent1: TFA says nothing about her being buried alive. It says she was tied up but was able to escape.

TFA is shiat.

Here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/lacey-woman-escaped-estranged-husband/281-954cdfbf-4a0a-4a0e-a344-b818920d7d18

She used the watch initially to send out an emergency notification after being tied up. But then she was driven into the woods and had dirt shoveled on her. Eventually she untied herself and got out of the shallow hole and walked to the nearest house.

The watch had a small role but she escaped on her own; it did not save her.


Keep your mouth shut or Apple watch will call the police and have you arrested.
 
ISO15693
2022-11-01 9:06:25 PM  
That was an ad.
 
Palined Parenthood [TotalFark]
2022-11-01 9:06:57 PM  
was it a Series 7 so she could check her blood oxygen level throughout the ordeal? i thought this was supposed to be journalism!
 
dodecahedron [OhFark]
2022-11-01 9:11:13 PM  
"You are now on reserve battery power."
 
MattyBlast [TotalFark]
2022-11-01 9:16:44 PM  
"She was found with 'duct tape still wrapped around her neck, lower face, and ankles'"

Sounds kinky. Was this the woman in question?

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skiinstructor
2022-11-01 9:30:15 PM  

thornhill: Your move, Samsung.


Wearing my samsung watch right now, i can take calls and view messages on it, someday ill learn how to place calls and send messages, and even call up my phone when i misplace it, dick tracy stuff indeed. Sometimes im on call 24/7 for vacation rentals plus im hard of hearing, the watch actually wakes me up out of a dead sleep where nothing else can. What i dont like is that it...nags me. "Time to get moving", "oh good youre moving again" "havent you been lollygagging enough?" And it nags me when im relaxing in the hot tub... i need to learn more about it but aside from nagging, it fulfills its role and its a useful tool. Which comes off when im not on call, my regular watch doesnt tattle on me...
 
some_beer_drinker
2022-11-01 9:31:28 PM  
i will be buried deep before i buy anything apple.
 
foo monkey
2022-11-01 9:33:33 PM  

mikalmd: Wow , That's horrible .. So , Is she single ??


She is now.
 
munko
2022-11-01 9:33:57 PM  

foo monkey: Rookie mistake. You gotta check the body for electronics and line the box like a Faraday cage during transport and burial. Dirt alone won't do it these days.  Cell coverage is everywhere and these devices get incredible reception.


just take her hiking.  On a jagged mountain top.   Rocky top, Good old Rocky Top.
 
skinink [OhFark]
2022-11-01 9:39:35 PM  

Scorpitron is reduced to a thin red paste: [Fark user image 700x500]

Obscure?


The Vanishing? Nope. It's the first non-horror movie, like Friday the 13th, I saw that had a bad ending so tragic. The evil guy not only got away with his crime, he lived happily ever after.  The only bad movies to really stay with me awhile after seeing it are "The Vanishing", "Compliance", and "Smile".
 
grossmont
2022-11-01 9:57:53 PM  
Awhile back I passed out, hitting my head against my kitchen island. When I came to, my Apple Watch was thumping my wrist vigorously.

I took a look at it and it had a message that if I didn't respond to it in 30 seconds, it was going to call 911.  I cancelled the call, and soon regained my bearing.

I didn't know that an Apple Watch could do such a thing, so I Googled it to get more information. Sure enough, if you take a hard fall, it will call 911, and with a human voice (I'm guessing Siri), it will notify 911 that it is your Apple Watch and that you have taken a hard fall, and give your coordinates.

Ever since then, I wear my watch all the time, except to charge it.

\ End of CSB
 
nytmare
2022-11-01 10:02:59 PM  

awruk!: "She was found with "duct tape still wrapped around her neck, lower face, and ankles" after managing to escape. "

Ummm... what? Was she buried under 3 inches of dirt or something? Or was she about to be buried?

I mean great she is alive, and that the gadget helped, but it feels like the "writer" wanted to add a bit more drama then necessary.


TFA is nothing but an iFanboy fluffpiece that took a crime article which mentioned an Apple Watch and then removed the part where she saved herself and used that intentional lack of information to claim the watch saved her.
 
The Irresponsible Captain [TotalFark]
2022-11-01 10:05:55 PM  

MattyBlast: "She was found with 'duct tape still wrapped around her neck, lower face, and ankles'"

Sounds kinky. Was this the woman in question?

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iron de havilland [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-11-01 10:22:44 PM  

moothemagiccow: [i.insider.com image 600x347]

only taken about 40 years for apple to turn into big brother


And Amazon, Facebook, Google, and pretty much every other company that wants you running their apps on your mobile spyware device.

I haven't read Nineteen Eighty Four in ages, but I don't think it's explained how Big Brother came to power and installed surveillance devices in everyone's houses. Turns out, people are glad to do it to themselves.
 
CivilizedTiger
2022-11-01 10:38:12 PM  

cryinoutloud: If the machines let us die, they won't have anyone to keep them alive.


fark 'em, let 'em starve

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